Ingenious Collection (page 2)

Hot Dog by William Heath Robinson
An ingenious central heating device for bathing on chilly morning of the early part of the season. A smug and rather rotund gentleman tests out a typically convoluted Heath Robinson invention

A Seaside Snap Shot by William Heath Robinson
Ingenious method of overcoming the difficulty of taking ones own photograph by bathing devised by the gadget king, and master of silly ideas, William Heath Robinson. Date: 1927

Cleaning Kitchen Floor
An ingenious housewife saves her back by cleaning her kitchen floor with a cloth and a sweeping brush. Date: 1940s

Rome / Colosseum C1820
An ingenious cutaway view which shows both the outward appearance and the internal construction Date: circa 1820

Clean air from smokers / W H Robinson
An ingenious device to prevent a cars cabin from filling with smoke from a drivers cigar or cigarette, by means of pipework and a chimney

The Unowheel car / W H Robinson
The Unowheel car, for reducing tyre troubles. Please note: Credit must appear as (c) Courtesy of the estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/Mary Evans Picture Library

Greasing the car / W H Robinson
All points of the car can be greased in one movement with the use of this ingenious device...and a little help from some heavy friends

Down to Bed-rock
An intelligent method of overcoming a difficult problem. An ingenious method of taking at shot at a golf ball at the bottom of a pond

Lear / Nonsense / Poole
There was a Young Lady of Poole, whose soup was excessively cool; So she put it to boil by the aid of some oil, that ingenious Young Lady of Poole

Up-To-Date Economy
An ingenious and rather humorous combination gown for war-time, this two-in-one dress takes the wearer from day to night

How to Hoodwink the Zeppelins
The latest device for disguising London from roving Zeppelins during World War One - ingenious umbrellas in the shape of various animals

A hot shower establishment installed by a ingenious French E
WWI, World War One, First World War, 1st World War. World War 1, The Great War

The Weighing Office at the Bank of England. Section of the W
There was a crisis at the Bank of England in the early nineteenth century when it was discovered that a large proportion of the 8, 000, 000 gold sovereigns in circulation were light

The patent Impoulsoria, horse powered engine
An ingenious means of applying animal power to the working of railways, to supersede the costly locomotive engine. The engine, called Impulsoria

Venus Sailing Ship
The inventive folk on Venus have doubtless developed ingenious solutions for navigating their oceans : this sailing vessel has wooden sails like Venetian blinds

Drying Machine
Several engravings illustrating an ingenious device for drying clothes; a forerunner of the fold-up telescopic clothes drier used instead of a line and pegs

Doffing the Hat (C19)
A Frenchman raises his hat in salute, meeting a female acquaintance, while their two dogs also get acquainted and a man waters the streets with an ingenious appliance

Transporting Cut Stone
A stonemason transport dressed stone using an ingenious wheelbarrow with a sail to help him speed the materials along to their destination

Child at Play 1922
A young child finds an ingenious use for a collection of books from the shelf. They make wonderful bridges and roads for toys to travel along!

Chinese Rocket Launcher
Chinese rocket launcher: inaccurate but ingenious

High Speed in Low Gear
High speed on low gear : An American motorist takes two friends for a ride - note the ingenious seat on the running board (and shes not even strapped in!)

Ingenious Use of a Fan
Lovers shield their faces & actions behind a large folding fan decorated with the image of a cherub within a frame of blossom

Talking Movie Equipment
English Professor Low, demonstrating his Audiometer, which synchronises moving film with sound, an ingenious invention during early Talkies years

Making Butter, Holland
The ingenious Dutch harness machinery to the business of butter-making; after churning in large barrels it is decanted into smaller ones

Man-Powered Carriage
Ingenious British project for a man-powered carriage, somewhat similar to that proposed by Richard

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